Lacing-hook for boots and shoes



G.^VAN HORNE.

LAOING HOOK FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Patented Nov. 22,1881.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE VAN HOENE, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO MELLEN BRAY, OF NEWTON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

LAClNG-HOOK FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,018, dated November 22, 1881,

Application filed December 31, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, GEORGE VAN HonNE, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Lacing-Hook for Boots and Shoes, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of lacing-hooks i'or boots and shoes and other purposes, and has for its object the productionot' a cheap but serviceable hook; and it consists in the formation of a lace-hook from a single piece ot' wire bent to the desired form, and having an outer portion consisting of an eye or loop, a neck to receive the string composed ot" two strands, a portion to rest upon the material, and two prongs adapted to pierce the material and be clinched thereto, as will be described.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan of my improved lacing-hook. Fig. 2 is a front eleva- Fig. 4 is a section of two pieces ot' leather or other material with my improved hook set therein; and Fig. 5 is a plan ofthe blank after the rst bending operation.

1n the construction of my improved hookV I cutapieceot' wire to the proper length and bend it, by the aid of suitable tools, to the form shown in Fig.5, to form the eye or loop a., neck b, with the two parts of the wire in contact, and the two prongs o c, separated, as shown.

I then bendthe prongs c o at right angles to the other parts ot' the blank, and then bend the neck b till the eye a is directly over the 35 prongs c and parallel, or nearly so, to the part d, when, the prongs o c having been attened toward their points, or otherwise sharpened to adapt them to pierce the material, the lacehook is ready for use, and is applied to the 4o shoe or other article by-forcin g the prongs c o through the material and clinching them, as shown in Fig. 4.

By this construction a very strong and serviceable lace-hook is produced at a very much 45 less cost than any lace-hook heretofore manufactured possessing the same strength and other good qualities.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A lacing-hook made from round wire, having the annular loop or eye, the united shank, the V -shaped spread seat and depending prongs, all substantially as set forth.

Executed at Boston, Massachusetts, this 27th 55 day of December, A. D. 1879.

GEORGE VAN BORNE.

Witnesses:

F. G. WALLIS, W. E. LOMBARD. 

